Syphilis Testing: Making Sense of Titers
Did you know that we should repeat titers at 6 and 12 months after treating a patient for syphilis?
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Microscopic Hematuria: Those Pesky RBCs
How does the appearance of blood differ between urine dipstick testing and urine microscopy? What guidelines are there for microscopic hematuria?
Hepatitis B: Making Sense of Serology
What does it mean to have positive anti-HBs? Why don’t we ever check HBcAg? And how does seroconversion affect our interpretation of acute and chronic HBV?
Lab Monitoring in Patients Taking Oral Terbinafine
Is it helpful to check hepatic function testing in patients taking oral terbinafine? What’s the evidence for and against?